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To: John Mansfield who wrote (271)	3/24/1998 4:36:00 PM
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Cassandra project update on y2k in embedded systems millennia-bcs.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (271)	3/28/1998 5:39:00 AM
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INDEX-EMBEDDED III - Index to embedded software Y2K issues... ...that I found interesting. Changed 3/28/1998 - Awareness PRESS CLIPPINGS / AWARENESS '...y2k video and Karl Feilder and Leon Kapellman have obliged just like that.' Message 3870725 UK conference: The Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP will give the keynote address Message 3836606 The real issue is that it's extraordinarily difficult to test this kind of equipment Message 3815052 STATES OF YEAR-2000 (UN)PREPAREDNESS Message 3805408 COVER STORY - A danger that is 'worse than war' Business Review Weekly Message 3804247 OMB report 2/15/1998 cio.fed.gov FRB Detailed test plan - very interesting! frbsf.org 2000 bug forces federal freeze Message 3789193 MARCH 20, 1998 . . . 20:51 EST Senators consider creating separate Y2K committee Message 3789145 It's also a problem for client-server nets Message 3789138 'Sighting: Senator Bob Bennett's speech to the DC Y2K users group' Message 3789130 The Metaphor of the Hong Kong Y2K Flu yourdon.com Leon A. Kappelman on leadership techweb.com 'Chaos Coming Message 3784883 'Unilever issues millennium ultimatum. Message 3784840 political.co.uk 'THIS COULD BE THE YEAR OF PANIC' - Financial Times GETTING READY FOR THE EURO BUG (int'l edition) Message 3782788 The panel's level of confidence in the chemicals, oil and pharmaceutical sector declined. Message 3776614 UK Times: EMU crisis could cripple companies Message 3748001 Insurer: 'Another 1.9 billion microprocessors were sold last year, for use in machinery, plant, sewerage treatment...' Message 3748078 Fortune May 25 - Y2K supplement Message 3747924 Message 3748078 State of Connecticut - Department of Information Technology YEAR 2000 PROGRAM OFFICE Message 3717054 Bureau of Reclamation - Managing Water in the American West Message 3716887 Y2K site of the United States Marine Corps Message 3716688 DOT y2k site Message 3716748 'Banks are having a very hard time of assessing the Y2K readiness ... of their customers' 'Keynote speaker William McDonough, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York identified four major areas of concern: Message 3716487 'April 1997 Control Engineering - CONTROL ENGINEERING EDITORIAL Now's the time for 'Y2K Bug' flu shot' Message 3716286 UK: 'Eat and be merry but don't drink the water' Message 3711770 PCWEEK: Y2K in Embedded systems mentioned Message 3711739 DC Y2K Meeting (On Topic) Message 3770087 Insurer: 'Another 1.9 billion microprocessors were sold last year, for use in machinery, plant, sewerage treatment...' 'Insurers urged to get the jump on millennium bug Message 3748078 DOD y2k oversight viewer Curtis: '33 years of federal service, tour in Vietnam', 'the opportunity I have been looking for, for 33 years.' Message 3711607 Business Week 3/23/1998 'This means that electrical utilities will have less than 18 months to fix the problems ' Message 3708581 Canadian ice storm Message 3657542 UK: powerfailures feared 'THE government is drawing up urgent plans to prevent a millennium nightmare in which the start of 2000 is marked by power failures, Message 3657538 Cowles on CoreStates: 'This is getting serious' Message 3636297 ' How did we get into this Y2K mess? It's the managers, the clueless, the dolts, the stupes' Message 3636285 NASIRE represents information resource executives and managers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia Message 3636126 'Things get much more inefficient.' Paul Milne is pretty extremist on y2k (on the pessimist side). Here he makes a good point: it will be much more difficult to remediate after 1/1/2000. All the more reason to work on it as hard as we can right now. Message 3639172 List of newsletters on Y2K North, Keyes, and others are described. Nice summary! y2ktimebomb.com Leon Kappelman: "Onward to victory!!" Message 3598358 Oregon, EXECUTIVE ORDER state.or.us 'Welsh utilities join forces to see off threat computerweekly.co.uk 'The Complexity Factor'. Good article by Ed Meagher year2000.com Radioactive waste: 'The computer clearly 'thought' that these items were already decayed in the year zero' Message 3540260 Feb/1998 'EMBEDDED SYSTEMS UPDATE The Irish Computer Society Message 3517678 iol.ie Nice overview article on Y2K in 'Manufacturing Systems' of September 1997 manufacturingsystems.com Niall Fitzgerald of Unilever: 'Wake up to y2k, Blair' Message 3188098 UNILEVER Costs soar - particularly because of embedded software sunday-times.co.uk. Message 3017082 'Anderson said the costs of tackling the bug were soaring because of the scale of the problem, particularly concerning so-called "embedded" chips' UK unites to beat bug:': Greater focus on embedded systems' computerweekly.co.uk Message 3289195 'Organisations represented at the first national infrastructure meeting: Action 2000; BBC; BT; Department of Social Security; Electricity Association; Local Government Management Board; Marks & Spencer; Metropolitan Police; NHS Executive; Nuclear Electric; Post Office; Railtrack; Shell Oil; Southern Water; Transco Gas. ' The Real Year 2000 Nightmare: Manufacturing Systems Message 3188251 se US lagging UK in awareness on Y2K in embedded software The arguments below apply even more to Y2K/embedded software co's; as the awareness/action/budgets lag 'normal y2k. This will change the coming months, however. Just look at UK co's; such as Unilever, British Railtrack etc. Message 3221746 Y2K-EMBEDDED interesting discussion on C.S.Y2K Message 3167954 'This is indeed a classic problem in manufacturing plants, and is one of the main reasons why companies are (or are considering) adjusting the dates held by the embedded systems, and then compensating for this in the "next level up" supervisory (i.e. control/monitor) systems.' Y2K-EMBEDDED '...but the big difference is the culture...' Message 3142566 Federal Reserve: increased attention on embedded systems bog.frb.fed.us Message 3010039 Rumour on super-large crude carriers Message 3017120 Y2K-EMBEDDED - C.S.Y2K "Building Death" Message 3017888 Interesting and very detailed description of embedded systems in buildings, and possible y2k problems in them. Thanks to Harlan Smith, Blake Allan. The '1972 fix' is not a viable solution for the vast majority of embedded systems. From: year2000.unt.edu Message 2887487 UK Daily Telegraph: 'mechanical franking machines roll over from "99" to "--"' 'it's the kind of problem that requires replacement parts' Message 3311029 'But comparatively little has been said about so-called embedded systems' globeandmail.com ABC NEWS: 'Don't ignore microprocessor-dependent devices used in manufacturing...' abcnews.com 'Don't ignore microprocessor-dependent devices used in manufacturing, heating and cooling, elevator, and alarm and security operations. 'The industrial version controls chemical processes or equipment shutdowns' From: Bouldernews Message 3311245 'Honeywell chairman: ...one of the most worrying areas is the field of industrial process control.' From: millennia-bcs.com Singapore attention to y2k in ES: 'The critical process in all Y2K embedded systems investigations is management of the hardware inventory.' asia1.com.sg MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES cio.fed.gov Can someone remember if there was an obligation to report on embedded systems in previous OMB memorandums; as there is now? Message 3329252 A good example of a contingency plan: '... early ID on non-compliant PLC controllers' erols.com Message 3329315 David Hall on road trucks, cars I consider David to be a very knowledgable and serious writer about Y2K. Cheryl has written more about him in a recent post. Message 3329462 'Looking for an industrial process interest group... ' From the famous Peter de Jager y2k site www.year2000.com: year2000.com Peter de Jager's site: Implementing a Site Review Program - also on embedded software year2000.com TECHNICAL - Non-IT y2k: 'it is always amazing how quickly the denial disappears....' From the SIM discussion board. Message 3448860 Australian conference: 'large scale industrial and process control systems which you depend on for business survival' iqpc.com Message 3448806 JBA Y2K site mentions embedded systems also Message 3564262 Rockwell Software and the Year 2000 software.rockwell.com UK ACTION 2000 'Don Cruickshank ACTION 2000 Chairman holding Millennium Bug Campaign logo. Millennium bug campaign chief launches 100-week manifesto. Message 3564271